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Add Custom MAPI fields to OutlookPeer-to-peer support: Slipstick Forums
Converting to or from
Outlook or Exchange:
Messages and Calendar
or
Address books
BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) is now fully supported on Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and BlackBerry Technical Support Services are available.
For more information, see Blackberry support or Exchange team
Office 2010 Beta is now available for download. I highly recommend
users not install it on their “production” system. If you ignore this
advice, install the 32bit version, especially if you use add-ins or
sync with devices. Existing add-ins will not work with the 64bit
version. There is a good chance they will work with the32bit build.
For best results, uninstall your current version of Outlook and make a
backup copy of any PST in your profile. The old profile should work
ok, but you should consider making a new one.
If you use the Outlook Connector uninstall it before installing it
beta. Outlook should offer to download the new connector for you. If
not, make a new profile and add the Hotmail/Live account to it. This
should bring up the offer to download the new connector. Once
installed, it will work with the account in the old profile.
FYI: Look on the File tab for Options and Account settings.
Download links: TechNet - Office Home | MSDN - Office Developer Home | General Public
Exchange 2010 is now available to the public. Download a 120 day trial to install on your hardware or a virtual disk for testing. Online trials also available.
An administrator recently asked about best practices for archiving older email. "Do you encourage employees to archive on a yearly, quarterly or some other time frame basis, or is it based upon volume of messages? Also, for notebook users, do you put the archived folders on their laptops and make a copy to a server for backup/retention purposes?"
Discuss it: http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=24819
Exchange 2007 SP2 is now available for download.
Looking to the future, you will be able to deploy Exchange Server 2010 in your organization once all of the client access servers in your organization and Active Directory sites are upgraded to Exchange Server 2007 SP2. All Exchange 2007 server will need to be at SP2 level before interoperability with Exchange 2010 is assured.
Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=4c4bd2a3-5e50-42b0-8bbb-2cc9afe3216a
Exchange Server 2010 Release Candidate is now available in the Microsoft Download Center. This is compatible with both Windows 2008 SP2 and Windows 2008 R2 (from RC1 through to RTM), however, there is no in-place upgrade from the Beta release. In-place upgrade from this Release Candidate through to the final RTM build is supported. Build number 14.00.0639.011.
Download Exchange Server 2010 RC
Update Rollup 7 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) resolves issues that were found in Exchange Server 2007 SP1 since the software was released. This update rollup is highly recommended for all Exchange Server 2007 SP1 customers. For a list of changes that are included in this update rollup, see KB 960384
Download Update Rollup 7 for Exchange 2007 SP1
Update rollup for Exchange 2007 SP1 is now
available.
See
Description of Update Rollup 6 for Microsoft
Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 for
details and links to download.
A critical security update is available for Exchange 2000, 2003 and 2007 and addresses two vulnerabilities in Exchange Server. The first vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a specially crafted TNEF message is sent to an Exchange Server. The attacker could use this to take complete control of the affected system with Exchange Server service account privileges. The second vulnerability could allow denial of service if a specially crafted MAPI command is sent to Exchange Server. A successful attacker could cause the Exchange System Attendant service and other services that use the EMSMDB32 provider to stop responding.
For more information and to download the update, see
Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Could Allow Remote Code
Execution (KB 959239)
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-003 - Critical
There is a problem with iPhone v2 software syncing with Outlook where the events created on the device are only visible in a table view, not Day/Week/Month view.
When new appointments are entered into the iPhone they're set as repeating in Outlook but contain no data and Outlook doesn't know what to do with them. To fix, open the event on the iPhone and change it to recurring daily then end the recurrence on the date of the event before syncing.
A hotfix for Exchange server now available. See Some recurring calendar items disappear from the "Day/Week/Month" view in Outlook when a user uses Exchange ActiveSync on a mobile device to modify a recurring meeting in an Exchange 2003 environment
For more information, see iPhone, Outlook, and disappearing appointments
This version of CDO is compatible with Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. This will install on 64-bit systems but works only with 32-bit applications.
Download: Microsoft Exchange Server MAPI Client and Collaboration Data Objects 1.2.1
Outlook 2003's holiday list included dates through 2007. To add holidays between 2008 and 2012, Outlook 2003 users need to download the holiday update described in MSKB 924423 then install the Holiday file using Tools, Options, Calendar options, Holidays.
For more information and links to updated holiday lists for older versions of Outlook, see Missing Holidays on our Outlook-Tips website.
New features in Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) include support for mobility, improved anti-spam filtering, and increase in the database size. Some of the mobility features added to SP2 are not usable until Windows Mobile 5.0 devices are upgraded.
An update to the Intelligent Message Filter SmartScreen filter is available. It contains updated spam characteristics that improve the ability of Intelligent Message Filter to block unsolicited commercial e-mail messages. You must have Intelligent Message Filter installed to install this update.
